CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

酷儿

kùér

queer (sexuality)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

queer (sexuality)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 酷儿 actually appears in real sentences.

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汤姆认为是酷儿。tāng mǔ rèn wéi shì kù ér。

Tom identifies as queer.

我从小到大都是个酷儿小孩，从学校、老师或大多数同学那里得不到任何支持，感到孤立无援，觉得自己从根本上就是有问题的。我很高兴现况已有所改变，但对於那股反对支持与肯定酷儿儿童之风气的反动势力感到厌恶。wǒ cóng xiǎo dào dà dū shì gè kù ér xiǎo hái， cóng xué xiào、 lǎo shī huò dà duō shù tóng xué nà lǐ dé bú dào rèn hé zhī chí， gǎn dào gū lì wú yuán， jué de zì jǐ cóng gēn běn shàng jiù shì yǒu wèn tí de。 wǒ hěn gāo xìng xiàn kuàng yǐ yǒu suǒ gǎi biàn， dàn duì yú nà gǔ fǎn duì zhī chí yǔ kěn dìng kù ér ér tóng zhī fēng qì de fǎn dòng shì lì gǎn dào yàn wù。

Growing up as a queer kid, I had no support whatsoever from school, from teachers, or from most other kids, and I felt isolated and fundamentally bad. I'm glad things have changed, but disgusted by the reactionary movement that has risen up against the practice of supporting and affirming queer kids.

她正在研究酷儿理论。tā zhèng zài yán jiū kù ér lǐ lùn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 酷儿.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 酷儿.

Directly before

是酷儿1
研究酷儿1
个酷儿1
肯定酷儿1

Directly after

酷儿理论1
酷儿小孩1
酷儿儿童1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 酷儿

What does 酷儿 mean in Chinese?

酷儿 (kùér) means queer (sexuality).

How do you pronounce 酷儿?

酷儿 is pronounced kùér.

Is 酷儿 an HSK word?

酷儿 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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